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      CommentAuthorNickyD
    • CommentTimeApr 18th 2008
     
    Does anyone here know of any free program I can download that can capture an image of a .wmv or .mpg file I am viewing on my computer?

    I have tried the 'print screen' option, faststone, and a bunch of others, but none of them seemed to be able to do it. I was not sure if there was any program out there especially for this.

    Thanks.
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    There is.. but I can't remember the name of it. Ill ask some of the guys at my school who use it (gamers, lol) on monday if I remember to.
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      CommentAuthorarwen54
    • CommentTimeApr 18th 2008
     
    faststone should be able to take any rectangular shape capture, that's what I use?
    • CommentAuthorMattKern
    • CommentTimeApr 18th 2008
     
    http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

    This is a great media player. It does screen grabs too.

    Open Source to the rescue
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      CommentAuthorNickyD
    • CommentTimeApr 18th 2008
     
    Thanks everyone. This forum is great for someone like myself who is not a true designer. I will check into your link Matt.

    Karen, I have faststone, but for some reason, it did not capture the full image for me at home or work. It works with everything, but video for me.
    • CommentAuthorramblingsoul
    • CommentTimeApr 18th 2008 edited by ramblingsoul on the 18th April 2008 at 22:50:35 EDT
     
    Edit : Oops.. i didn't realize Matt already had suggested that. :)

    use VLC Player to play the wmv file, hit the pause button to still the frame, go to Videos menu in the menu bar and click the last one - snap shot.

    will give a .png snapshot of the video

    bakie
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      CommentAuthorNickyD
    • CommentTimeApr 18th 2008
     
    I was playing around and decided to upload my videos to webshots. Interestingly enough, I can capture a picture there easily using my print screen feature. Pretty cool.
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    • CommentAuthorbluecafe
    • CommentTimeApr 19th 2008
     
    Jing Project has nice tools too:
    http://www.jingproject.com/
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      CommentAuthorNickyD
    • CommentTimeApr 19th 2008
     
    Jing project is pretty cool. Just downloaded it. It also installed microsoft .net onto my computer. Is that also good to have on my computer?
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      CommentAuthorgnome
    • CommentTimeApr 19th 2008
     
    It is just a runtime library some applications need to run.
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      CommentAuthorNickyD
    • CommentTimeApr 19th 2008
     
    Thanks for the info Jason.
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      CommentAuthorarwen54
    • CommentTimeApr 19th 2008
     
    wow..I learned a few new things too ...this place is great!
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      CommentAuthorNickyD
    • CommentTimeApr 19th 2008
     
    Posted By: arwen54this place is great!


    DITTO!

    Also, the link Sean gave was great. Did not know that existed.

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